Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-11
now FIRST rUBLIsHKD1
loves LABOUR Won j,
AN EvENTFUL STORY.
BY JAM Els GRANT,
arrHoR OF 1.-THE ROMANCE OF WAR; "THE
BLACK WATCH" "FAIRER THAN
FAIRY" ETC., ETC.
THE Right eff Translation is Reserved.

CHAPTER XIZI-oN THE ESPLANADE.
$50 this is Bengal once more-the
shores of India!" ssid LoDsdale to Mon
tressor, SIS they assembled the poop one
morning, when the sea breeze had died
AWAY and the atmosphere WAS hot and
still.
1t was about the end Of the rainy sea-
son, and the low island of Sanger Was
looming dimly on the port bow ef the
Pagoda, as she steamed up the HooghleY
or Hugh, as it is spelled now-but
slowly, as the entrance to that deltoid OF
the Ganges is rendered extremely dan
gerous and difficult by the many sand
banks which frequently change their
relative positions; and as he gazed, he
thought, with an irrepressible glow OF
enthusiasm, of the vast empire that lay
beyond that strip of level cosst-the en-
pire of which Give laid the solid POUNDS
ton On the field Of Plassy, where Eyre
Coote defeated Hyder, where Cornwallis
swept Mysore, where Wellesley wCn
Assaye, and where Campbell and Outram
-0utram the Bayard of India, the lion
hearted conqueror of Scinde-avenged SO
amply the horrors of the Sepoy revolt.
Sanger did not look inviting, nopart Of
it being above the reach of high spring
tides, and its only spontaneous Vegete-
tion being such as grows in salt water
the Java fern, the Bukra palm and won.
dertul creepers; but great fairs ere held
there, though the district is sorely in.
tested by tigers. In the island of Sanger
proper, only Rindoo fskirs live, and deem
their sanctity increased by their period o.
seclusion there. But the river teens Will
crocodiles, and between them in tht
water, and the tigers on shore, the holy
men have often bad time of it,
To Digby Montressor, who had beer
twice out before, the scene was neithe
new nor interesting; but he told Ions.
dale that in 1888, when the low land the.
ooked on had been inundated, more thai
100000 persons persisted in few hours
A railway has long been talked of, bu
the waterway from the mouth of tn
Hooghley, or the ssndheads, as they
are named, is ninety miles.
ALI the passengers were on deck, ca
gerly securing the scenery of the river q
the Pagoda steamed upward, and object
on shore became more and more distinct
bI1l az ShlSuGlo1 buC OIlCdHl B1ONOC IL
broader than the Thames st Gravesend
After having had but glimpses Of tn
land, and for many many DAYS seen moth
ing but the ocean in its varied moods
the beautiful scenery of the river, the dee
hues aad strange forms Of the tropics
foliage, which in some places grow to
thickly to admit of human hsbltatlon, tn
life with which the river itself teemed
AZ AA,A I'D nG
ike insects, the ships and steamers of e.
sizes and nations, with the increasiD
number Of houses, ell more or less Of
somewhat European aspect, all indies
ting the propiRquity to large city, Were
full OF renewed interest to LOnsdale; ye
his mind had room for other thoughts
thoughts of Melanie Talbot-then SO fal
far away and how this arrival in Indi
" but the first chapter in the story c
their separation.
In due time Lonsdsle and his frien
found themselves amid the striking scene
and splendor of the "City Of Palsces,
and sitter landing ct Princess Ghaut, whic
is nearly opposite the great citadel an
spacious barracks of Fort William, an
reporting themselves at headQusrter
they took rooms at the chief hotel, tn
Great Eastern, and, with General IRE
mayne and others, found q welcome g
the u. S. Club, 81 Chowringher, as a.
Anglo BeDgslees know, and as Lonsd6l
knew, as he had served in that part OF tn
world before.
Chowringher is the British quarter, pa
excellence, where the stately palstia
edifices are constructed entirely of brick
plastered over with white chunom, whic
presents 8 surface rivalling the fines
marble, but we must avoid "Guide Book
matter and adhere to our story.
At the u. S. Club, and elsewhere, moth
ing was talked of then but the war witt
Burmah and the Bengal contingent there
for, which vas fast being completed i
ell it's details, and of which the regimen
of LonsdSIe and Montressor formed
part.
Even with the knowledge of our pre-
vious wars in the land OF the white ele
plant, none could quite toresee what tn
result, or what the amount Of actua
lighting might be; but all knew that Their
were perils of q peculiar kind to face, i
the swampy and pestilentisl nature of tn
country, and from assassiIs and band
of savage D&cOits.
All unaware as yet that the comm
campaign would be, If perilous, perhap
an inglorious one, the two friends locke
forward keenly to the work before them
and with the enthusiasm natural to thel
roiessioa-Lonsdale with the earnes
desire that he might achieve or do some
ttirg that would enhance him in;the es
timation of the girl he loved; and Ron
tressor in the desperate hope, or heed
fasspacs that he might with the s9Orific
Of his life, forget that he had lost-46Ut E
no fault of his owp-Claire Richmond.
In the out@ard voyage, hurried IS b
had been from port to port and place t.
place, Montague LoDsdale did not knoI
when letter from Melanie might over
take him, in answer to those he had post
ed to her on every available occasion
and thus, amid the apparent silence o
their love, he coald but close his eyes 9
tines and dream, or in fancy conlure a
her slender figure amid thedower bedso
Rose Cottage, or st their meeting plsc
ov the river, with all its Tags and wste
iiliesAoatipg in the sunshine, her viole
cray eyes sparkling under their Ion
lsshes; then her winning voice Woui
come to his ear and her hand seek his
TIL imseinstion seemed lost in reality, al
ne would start from his reverie to fin
himself on the busy and gay Esp-anade
Calcutta, or intent on some prosGic mill
t.ry duty,going round the soldiers mess
es, perading the plcquet, or visiting hi
sentEies, amid the groves OF trees an
vast bsrrack squares OF kert Wikiem-
that great fortress which was the work o
Give after Pussy.
Amid the pfeparatious for departure